Indonesia: Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Painting/Photo Exhibition in Jakarta Touches Visitors' Hearts (Photos)
(Clearwisdom.net) On two consecutive weekends, September 2-4 and
September 9-11, 2005, Indonesia Falun Gong practitioners held a
Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Photo Exhibition at the halls of Plaza
Semanggi and Gajah Mada Plaza. Over one hundred paintings and photos were
exhibited, displaying the hardships that Falun Gong practitioners have endured
since the brutal persecution began. In order to stand up for freedom of belief,
practitioners have been peacefully and persistently resisting the persecution.
The visitors were touched. As soon as the gate of Gajah Mada Plaza opened, visitors came in
and walked among paintings and photos. They were very attentive and carefully
read the explanations attached to each painting and photo. Some visitors gave
sighs of grief while looking at the photos. Many visitors expressed that they
have learned about Falun Gong, but most of visitors looked bewildered after
viewing the photos... Some people said that they have heard about Falun Gong many times, and knew
for example, that it is banned in Mainland China, that Falun Gong practitioners
were arrested and so on. They also knew that when the head of the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP) visited Indonesia in April this year, the government had
stated it would not interfere with demonstrators' appeals, but then the police
arrived and arrested Falun Gong appealers. Later the Chinese Embassy negotiated
with the head of the police in an attempt to not let the CCP leader see Falun
Gong practitioners' appeals during the Asia-Africa Summit. Some Chinese, when seeing photos depicting brutal persecution, were very sad
and asked, "Is it true?" They shook their heads while giving a sigh. Another Chinese said that he opposed the persecution very much, and felt very
upset. An Indonesian man said that he went to the embassy to apply for a visa
several years ago, and the embassy staff presented him with a VCD that slandered
Falun Gong. The VCD said Falun Gong practitioners kill themselves. He felt
puzzled. How could so many people practice it if they thought it would lead
people to commit suicide? Such a question had puzzled him for several years, and
not until now did he understand that it was simply another of the CCP's
malicious lies. Another Indonesian man gave practitioners a thumbs-up after listening to the
explanation, and said sincerely, "Selamat berjuang!" (Wish your
success!)
Exhibition hall
People carefully view paintings and photos
People carefully read explanations attached to the paintings
People carefully view paintings and photos
People view paintings attentively
Visitors view the photos carefully
Listening to truth clarification
Listening to truth clarification
Listening to truth clarification
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/9/13/110310.html
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